Love in a Void: Romance and Fear in the Songs of New Wave’s Romeo Void
San Francisco’s new wave band Romeo Void exists in a curious interstice between the social context of the early ‘80s while being wholly prescient of our era of #MeToo.
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Mare Island – “Alight” (audio) (premiere)
The lead track from Mare Island's upcoming eponymous EP is instantly charming and invigorating.
The Stories in ‘All Stories Are Love Stories’ Are a Haunting Tribute to Perseverance
Four characters search for healing and resolution in the wake of a San Francisco earthquake.
Bureau of Sabotage Takes Fans for a Bicycle Day Trip in San Francisco
A special rendition of “Dark Star” moves the Bureau of Sabotage into the vanguard of second generation bands keeping the flame for Grateful Dead music.
Paul Madonna’s ‘On to the Next Dream’ Sketches out a Rapidly Changing San Francisco
Progress -- that is, gentrification -- marches on in San Francisco, for better and for worse, in this fantastical narrative from the creator of All Over Coffee.
Emotional: Ahh… The Name Is Emotional, Baby!
Brian Wakefield's Emotional navigate us on an incredibly eclectic musical journey with their latest offering
Buttoned Up: Clothing, Conformity, and White-Collar Masculinity by Erynn Masi de Casanova
Office culture is full of passive aggressions and radical uncertainties. Buttoned Up is a delightfully firm hook on which to hang your hat, if hats are your thing.
The Dodos: Individ
If 2013's Carrier was a meditation on loss, Indvid is a bold cry of life, with the duo returning to take inventory of themselves full of energy, poetry, and release.